Garnering only a few awards lately, "There Will Be Blood" was back on its winning streak as it won five prestigious awards given by Austin Film Critics Association.
- December 19, 2007
AceShowbiz -
The competition between the film critics' two most favorite films of 2007 has been even tighter as "There Will Be Blood" nailed many prestigious kudos, while "No Country for Old Men" also managed to get by with more awards. According to Variety, the former film was announced as the winner of five prizes by the Austin Film Critics Association, most importantly Best Picture.
Apart from the Best Film award, the movie that is inspired by Upton Sinclair's novel 'Oil!' also brought home recognitions to Paul Thomas Anderson for Best Director and Robert Elswit for Best Cinematography. Adding to the awards won for the movie, Best Original Score fell to the hand of Jonny Greenwood, the member of Radiohead. He was credited for the film's musical score, which contains excerpts from his BBC-commissioned 'Popcorn Superhet Receiver' orchestral piece.
On the same event, the frequent Best Actor winner, Daniel Day-Lewis once again took home the most wanted prize for actors. He previously was given the title by many of film critics, including by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association and by San Diego Film Critics Society.
On the part of "No Country", the Coen brothers film walked away with Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem and Best Adapted Screenplay for Ethan and Joel Coen. Aside from the two dominating movies, drama comedy movie "Juno" managed to outshine "No Country" and shadow "Blood" since it received four prizes, including Best Actress for Ellen Page and Breakthrough Artist for Michael Cera who also won the award for his performance in "Superbad".
Below is the complete list of 2007 AFCA winners:
Top Ten:
- There Will Be Blood
- No Country for Old Men
- Juno
- Into the Wild
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Knocked Up
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Atonement
- American Gangster
- Eastern Promises
- Best Film: There Will Be Blood
- Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
- Best Actress: Ellen Page, "Juno"
- Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country For Old Men"
- Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, "Juno"
- Best Foreign Film: "Black Book"
- Best Documentary: "The King of Kong"
- Best Animated Film: "Ratatouille"
- Best First Film: Ben Affleck, "Gone Baby Gone"
- Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Ethan & Joel Coen, "No Country For Old Men"
- Best Cinematography: Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood"
- Best Original Score: Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"
- Breakthrough Artist: Michael Cera, "Superbad" and "Juno"
- Austin Film Award: Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, "Grindhouse"
